Obscured by Clouds. The rough and ready blog of a cloud benighted biologist and amateur astronomer. Astroblog will cover my interests in astronomy, biology and Life, the Universe and Everything.

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Coming Events: A Year of Southern Astronomy for 2016

The planets on 27 August 2016 at 7 pm, Venus and Jupiter are spectacularly close, with Mars nearby. Mars and Saturn form a triangle with the red star Antares. Click to embiggen.

Significant astronomical events that can be seen with the unaided eye or
minimal equipment in 2016 in Australia (and to some degree elsewhere in
the Southern Hemisphere, ocultations and eclipses are very region
specific) are listed in this table.

Special events are bolded.

Sadly, we miss out on the Transit of Mercury this year, but there are a number of beautiful planetary events to keep us occupied.